CSU finished in the top spot ahead of the University of Pittsburgh and Texas A&M University in the final competition. Part of the SAPPHIRE NOW conference attended by more than 15,000 business leaders, the competition tested participants on their ability to create a digital dashboard for a real client – Junior Achievement of Delaware Valley (Philadelphia) – with high usefulness, usability, and data quality.

Digital dashboards are components of ERP systems. They provide the real-time status of a business to help a company make smart, effective decisions. A dashboard might contain data, graphs, charts and more to make vital information easier to view.

The CSU team’s winning dashboard went beyond the required criteria and included key information on finances, contribution patterns and trends, and performance compared to the national Junior Achievement organization. The team’s presentation included a demonstration of how the dashboard could be used to determine the most effective revenue sources to increase in order to cover future expenses. The team also added a mapping system to demonstrate the geographic location of donors over time, a feature not included by other teams.

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